swap_horiz Fengyun-3A Alternatives

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NOAA-20

NOAA-20 is a polar-orbiting environmental monitoring satellite operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administ...

2010S Weather Noaa Polar Orbit

8.6 Great

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NOAA-21

NOAA-21 is an environmental monitoring satellite launched in 2022 as the second spacecraft in the Joint Polar Satellite...

2020S Weather Noaa Polar Orbit

8.5 Great

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TerraSAR-X

TerraSAR-X is an Earth observation satellite launched in 2007 through a public-private partnership between the German Ae...

2000S Sar Polar Orbit Airbus Dlr

8.5 Great

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OSTM/Jason-2

OSTM/Jason-2 was a joint international oceanography mission launched in 2008 by NASA, CNES, NOAA, and EUMETSAT. The spac...

2000S Nasa Cnes Polar Orbit Ocean Altimetry

8.5 Great

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QuickBird

QuickBird was a commercial high-resolution Earth observation satellite operated by DigitalGlobe and launched in 2001. Ci...

High Resolution 2000S Polar Orbit Commercial Imagery

8.4 Great

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ALOS

ALOS (Advanced Land Observing Satellite), also called Daichi, was a JAXA Earth observation satellite launched on an H-II...

Japan Multi Sensor 2000S Jaxa

8.4 Great

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Radarsat-2

Radarsat-2 is a Canadian synthetic aperture radar satellite launched on December 14, 2007 aboard a Soyuz rocket from Bai...

Canada 2000S Sar Polar Orbit

8.3 Great

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WorldView-2

WorldView-2 is a high-resolution commercial Earth observation satellite launched in 2009 and operated by DigitalGlobe, n...

High Resolution 2000S Polar Orbit Maxar

8.3 Great

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COSMIC (FORMOSAT-3)

COSMIC (Constellation Observing System for Meteorology, Ionosphere, and Climate), also designated FORMOSAT-3, was a join...

2000S Polar Orbit Gnss Ro Nspo Noaa

8.3 Great

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Metop-A

Metop-A was the first satellite in Europe's EUMETSAT Polar System, launched on October 19, 2006 aboard a Soyuz rocket fr...

Europe 2000S Weather Polar Orbit

8.3 Great

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Metop-B

Metop-B is the second satellite in the EUMETSAT Polar System, launched on September 17, 2012 aboard a Soyuz rocket from...

Europe 2010S Weather Polar Orbit

8.3 Great

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EO-1

EO-1 (Earth Observing-1) was a NASA technology demonstration satellite launched in 2000, notable for first flying a hype...

2000S Nasa Technology Demo Polar Orbit

8.2 Great

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Metop-C

Metop-C is a meteorological satellite launched in November 2018 from French Guiana, serving as the third and final compo...

Europe 2010S Weather Polar Orbit

8.2 Great

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SMOS

SMOS (Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity) is an ESA Earth observation satellite launched on November 2, 2009 from Plesetsk...

Soil Moisture 2000S Esa Polar Orbit

8.1 Great

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GeoEye-1

GeoEye-1 is a commercial high-resolution Earth observation satellite launched on September 6, 2008 from Vandenberg Air F...

High Resolution 2000S Polar Orbit Maxar

8.1 Great

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PROBA-1

PROBA-1 (Project for On-Board Autonomy) is an ESA minisatellite launched in 2001 that demonstrated spacecraft autonomy t...

2000S Esa Technology Demo Polar Orbit

8.1 Great

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NOAA-19

Launched in February 2009, NOAA-19 is the final spacecraft in the Polar Operational Environmental Satellite (POES) serie...

2000S Weather Noaa Earth Observation

8.0 Great

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NOAA-18

NOAA-18 is an environmental monitoring satellite launched in May 2005 as part of the U.S. Polar Operational Environmenta...

2000S Weather Noaa Earth Observation

7.9 Good

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Fengyun-3D

Fengyun-3D is a Chinese polar-orbiting meteorological satellite launched in 2017 by the China National Space Administrat...

China 2010S Weather Cma

7.7 Good

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Fengyun-3B

Fengyun-3B (FY-3B) is a Chinese polar-orbiting meteorological satellite launched in 2010 to support weather forecasting,...

China 2000S Weather Cma

7.2 Good